The Franchise Blog 4 Vets

Are You A New Veteran Owned Business? (VOB)

If you are brand new, or are on the cusp of owning a business of your own, you need some numbers;

From Business.Gov and Barbara Weltman;

"If you have any employees in your business, you’ll have to pay state unemployment insurance. While called insurance, this is really a tax based on your payroll and, usually, on your claims experience (the more that former employees apply for unemployment benefits, the higher your “rating” and, consequently, your taxes). While you may be able to use your federal EIN to pay state income taxes, you’ll probably need a special state-issued number for unemployment insurance purposes."

Do you know how to get this number? Or other important business numbers?

Go to Business.Gov! 

Veteran Business Owners (VBO's); Are You Experiencing Social Media Marketing Fear?

Are you using social media marketing to help your business grow? Or, are you waiting for business to come through your door, because your business is just that good?

Paul Segreto, a strategic partner of mine, recently wrote a nice article about the fear that a lot of small business owners have when it comes to getting a social media program up and running.

"A misconception about social media is that is a free or low cost alternative. But typing and building relationships takes time – people time – and time costs money. If you have no marketing budget, then you have no budget to pay someone (or yourself) to do the social media legwork. Social media, like all marketing efforts, shouldn’t been selected because it’s the cheap choice, but because it is the right strategic choice. With limited data to support real ROI impact of social media, particularly for B2B products and services, it makes it very difficult for a small business to take it seriously (considering small business’s limited budgets) over traditional direct sales and marketing activities.”

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Maid Brigade Awards A Free Franchise!

Veterans Day is November 11th, and a lucky military veteran just won a free franchise start-up! 

Maid Brigade is a 300+ franchise unit residential cleaning franchise out of Atlanta, Ga.

Read more here!

New Franchise Talk Show Added To BlogTalk Radio

Here's a chance to get the straight scoop on the business of franchising, from two franchise professionals who don't seem to have a problem saying what sometimes needs to be said...

Sometimes, it's not all good.

Read about the show, here...

Einstein's Bagels Comes To San Antonio

Charles Loflin, a local San Antonio entrepreneur with ownership in more than 28 eateries, celebrates the grand opening of his Einstein Bros. Bagels franchise location at 12730 IH-10 West in San Antonio, Texas. It is the brand's first franchise location in the area.

"We are thrilled to offer a restaurant that will impress new and longtime Einstein Bros. fans with distinctive menu options and a vibrant dining environment, "said Loflin. "We want to offer the best in quick casual bakery fare to San Antonio residents through a brand that has built a great name and strong popularity in cities throughout the country."

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